Referee Matteo Marcenaro, from the Genoa section, will direct the match. The assistants will be Moro and Garzelli. The fourth official will be Monaldi. In the VAR room there will be Abisso, supported by Piccinini in the role of AVAR.
Gotti confirms much of the lineup seen in recent outings: four-man defense with Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic and Gallo ahead of Falcone. Dorgu and Oudin will take care of the side lanes, while Ramadani and Blin will operate in the central area. The Piccoli-Krstovic pairing confirmed in front.
OFFICIAL LINEUPS: Lecce responds with a 4-4-2: Falcone – Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo – Oudin, Ramadani, Blin, Dorgu – Piccoli, Krstovic.
Ranieri lines up Scuffet between the posts, with Zappa and Augello alongside the rediscovered Mina and Dossena. In the middle of the field Deiola will be joined by Nandez and Makoumbou. Up front, Lapadula and Luvumbo will be supported by Gaetano, who will move across the midfield.
OFFICIAL LINEUPS: Cagliari takes the field with a 4-3-1-2: Scuffet – Zappa, Mina, Dossena, Augello – Nandez, Deiola, Makoumbou – Gaetano – Luvumbo, Lapadula.
The first leg match, played on January 6th, saw the teams divide the spoils with the result 1-1. On that occasion, the goals were scored by Gendrey and Oristanio.
Lecce is very close to the final goal. The seven points ahead of Udinese and Sassuolo, with four matches to go, could be an important advantage. To achieve salvation, however, it is important not to pull the plug: finding points in today’s match against a direct competitor could mean early salvation.
Cagliari, before their last outing (3-0 defeat at Marassi against Genoa) had pigeonholed multiple important results: draws against Juventus and Inter, in addition to the home victory against Atalanta, allowed the rossoblù to get out of the relegation zone . Now Ranieri’s men find themselves three points ahead of eighteenth place.
In the “lunch match” of this spring Sunday, two teams sharing the same objective will compete: to save themselves and compete in the top championship also during the next season.
Welcome to the live coverage of the match between Cagliari and Lecce, a match valid for the 35th matchday of Serie A.
